Feminine

virtude

Meaning

  1. (feminine, uncountable) virtue (excellence in morals)
  2. (feminine) virtue (each of several qualities held to be particularly important)
  3. (feminine) virtue (angelic creature of the second sphere)

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/viʁˈtu.d͡ʒi/
Etymology

From a semi-learned alteration of Old Galician-Portuguese vertude (based on its etymology), from Latin virtūtem (“manliness; virtue”), from vir (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

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